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BooT oRfsHoE. `1\Io'.260, 0211.wv i i Patented June 27, 1882@ Wi/Lnesss Q Inventor v AWS/QW W22? UNITED STATES HENRY C. HOLBROOK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOIOT O R SHC E.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,024, dated June 27, 1882. Application filed Novemlxer 8, 1881. (No model.)

Improvement in Boots and Shoes, of which' thel following is a specication.

My invention relates generally to all boots and shoes worn by men,women, and children,

but it is more particularly useful related to childrens shoes.

It consists in placing a'row of rivets about the toe, the heads of which rivets form a shield for the protection of the material ot' the uppers at that point.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a childs shoe with overlapping toe-seam and rivet-fastening applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan of the pattern of onehalf of the upper, one lhalf to be cut right and the other left handed. In this last figure the shape of the half-blank is as it is cut from the material before it is crimped or pressed into shape to fit the foot.

A within the dotted lines is the portion of the half-blank overlapping the half-blank with which it combines.

B is adotted line, indicating the stitches fastening down the edges of the two halves when combined. y

' C C are the holes for the rivets, which rivets,

when in place, serve to fasten together they two halves of the upper independent of the stitches. The horizontal row of rivets around the toe, however, have the additional function ol shielding the material of the. uppers from coming in contact with any hard, surfaces against which the toe of the shoe might be impinged by the wearer, thus protecting the material ot' the uppers from wear and tear as effectively as the old-style copper tips. The back seam, D, at the heel, will be either sewed or riveted, or both sewed and riveted, as preferred, and may, in like manner with the toe, have a protecting row of riyets running horizontally.y

E E are the eyelet holes to pass the lacin gs through. y

In Fig. 2 the pattern does not extend to include the ankle-piece, which, being usually ot' a di'erent material from the foot-piece, is cut from a separate pattern.

Although I have shown a shoe of peculiar cut", I do not claim said cut as part of my invention. The rivets are, however, more particularly adapted to a shoe of this cut, for they serve the double purpose of joining the seam at the toe and protecting the leather.

What I cla-iin as my invention, and desire to securerby Letters Patent, is as follows:

A boot or shoe having ahorzontal row of rivets around the point of the toe where abrasion mostly occurs, as a, means of protecting the same and giving it increased durability,

`substantially asdescribed.

HENRY C. HOLE-ROOK.

Witnesses:

GEORGE PARDY, J oHN SHERMAN. 

